Dear Friends,
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. A special time for families and friends to meet up and spend time together. To have fun and enjoy each other’s company. We warmly invite you to join with us during this Christmas time, and there’s lots going on! Christmas officially begins with our Christmas Tree Festival on 14th and 15th December. This year we are celebrating our beautiful village, and there will be lots of wonderful trees for you to come and see! The Christmas Tree Festival weekend will close with a Christmas Concert and Carols on Sunday 15 December at 5pm, with the Eversden Brass Band, in the Church. Our annual Carol Service, a traditional service of lessons and carols, will be on Sunday 22 December at 6pm in the Church. Families are warmly invited to our Christingle service on Monday 23 December at 4pm, in the Church, followed by tea in the Cabin. Revd Clare will be leading Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, starting at 11:15pm, and a Family service of Holy Communion at 9:30am on Christmas Day. All are most welcome and we look forward to seeing you over the festive season!
The Christmas story is full of unexpected surprises. Are we willing to look at it with fresh eyes? Each year it says something new to us all: something about God and something about ourselves. The Christmas story reminds us that everyone is invited to come and see Jesus. To experience the renewal of hope and joy each Christmas brings. Jesus is the one who brings us light, love and peace. Jesus is the light which overcomes all obstacles; his light will never be extinguished. Christmas is full of wonderful surprises and great joy. So let’s celebrate and rejoice as we remember all that God has done for us and give thanks to God for the greatest Christmas gift ever: Jesus.
Wishing you and your family a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year.
God Bless,
Clare
Rev’d Clare Coates
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org
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Services in December
Sunday 1 December Advent Sunday
9.30am Holy Communion and Sunday Club, with Revd Clare and Charlotte Kalinsky
Sunday 8 December
9.30am Holy Communion, with Revd Clare
11.30am Baptism
3.00-4.00pm Wild Church at the Cabin. A family friendly service, exploring nature and God in the grounds of the Cabin. All welcome.
Sunday 15 December
9.30am Holy Communion and Sunday Club, with Michaela McNeill and Revd Clare
Sunday 22 December
9.30am No service
6.00pm Carol Service
Monday 23 December
4.00pm Christingle followed by tea in the Cabin
Christmas Eve
11.15pm Midnight Mass, with Revd Clare
Christmas Day
9.30am Family Communion, with Revd Clare
Sunday 29 December
9.30am BCP Morning Prayer, with John Harding
10.30am Team service at St Peter’s Barton, with Revd Priscilla
Zoom Services
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am: https://zoom.us/j/82311473640.
Weekday Services
Wednesdays
1st Wednesday of the month, 9:00am at the Cabin
And in the following weeks, on zoom. All welcome.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89886404258?pwd=TUowNlY3bVBSUThEa0pRTmZoT0liUT09
Friday night prayers at 7:30pm, on Zoom
All most welcome to join us on Fridays for night prayers starting at 7.30 pm with chat and prayer actually beginning at 7.45 pm.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74928194654?pwd=ModszJXGbkzYudWzjxmZ6F8uWyu5bL.1
Meeting ID: 749 2819 4654
Passcode: 3v4ZAQ
For more information, please email Michaela McNeill on mjvmcn@gmail.com.
What’s On
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
Tuesdays
Alternate weeks either:
12:15pm Meditation with Howard Bigg in the Cabin
or 1:00-3:00pm The Colour Wheel – Hardwick Mindful Colouring Group
£4 donation which includes refreshments and materials. For more information contact Nicky.
Thursdays
10:30am-12noon Bumps and Babies with Ali
Saturdays
1st Saturday of every month: 10.00am-12noon, Pippins, in Hardwick School Hall.
Drop in for a cuppa, cake and a chat!
Useful Contacts
Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org
Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974
Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org